precedence

Converse of object

• take: On Surrey Heath premises the Mayor takes precedence over all except The Queen.
• override: You can use parentheses to override the normal precedence of operators.
• accord: In 1539 he was accorded special precedence by statute.
• give: Italian horror cinema is in fact given precedence mainly by male fans.
• determine: The numbering system used by the British army in order to determine precedence was first used in 1751.
• carry: Why should a traditional route carry precedence over others and on what basis do you measure tradition?

Preposition: over

• consideration: The needs of the fish must take precedence over any other consideration.
• motion: Sometimes described as " the previous question " or " next business " This motion takes precedence over every motion before the Assembly.
• specification: A timestep casual gain file will take precedence over the diary specification.
• freedom: So hurt feelings take precedence over freedom of speech, Senator?
• law: These laws should be established as being fundamental law by nature, and should have precedence over other laws in their application.

Adjective modifier

• historical: There is no historical precedence for such a scenario.
• equal: The symbols && and || also have equal precedence.
• low: Lines at the top have a lower operator precedence.

Modifies a noun

• diagram: Creates a precedence network diagram of all tasks in a view and provides an alternative presentation of the dependencies between tasks.
• relationship: These differ in their precedence relationship with a following comma.
• rule: There is a set of precedence rules, which take the following general stance.

Noun used with modifier

• import: But what isn't obvious is that import precedence is stronger than priority selection.
• operator: A summary of the operator precedence is given on page 18.

Preposition: of

• operator: You can use parentheses to override the normal precedence of operators.